Bala Kathiresan

Bala Kathiresan is the President and CEO of BCNET and the Chair of the National Research and Education Network Governance Committee. He is also a member of the Administrative Services Collaborative Steering Committee, Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training – British Columbia. He brings over 25 years of information systems and strategic leadership experience and has a solid track record in facilitating strategic vision, managing execution, and achieving organizational excellence in the public and private sector. Bala has successfully led strategic alliances and partnerships across a wide spectrum of stakeholders to realize a shared vision.

As a community and industry leader, he has worked with local, provincial and federal government to successfully advocate for community and industry initiatives.

Bala served on numerous not-for-profit and public-sector boards. He is the past Chair of the Ontario University Council of Chief Information Officers and Treasurer of the Canadian Council of Chief Information Officers. Bala holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree, an MBA, and a certification from the Institute of Corporate Directors.